NEW YORK, Sep. 8 (GenomeWeb News) - Third Wave Technologies announced today that TriCore Reference Laboratories has adopted the firm's Invader hepatitis C virus genotyping reagents for developing assays to identify all six genotypes of HCV.
According to Madison, Wis.-based Third Wave, TriCore selected the Third Wave reagents after a head-to-head comparison with competing products. Albuquerque, New Mexico-based TriCore operates reference labs serving clients in the Southwestern US.
Further terms of the deal were not disclosed.